Apr 21, 2009 - Sale 2176

Sale 2176 - Lot 197

Price Realized: $ 2,640
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
THE ROTHSCHILD MISCELLANY. 2 volumes. 4to, facsimile and commentary volume uniformly bound in original period-style blind-stamped calf; publisher's cloth slipcases. London, 1989
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one of 550 numbered sets. Facsimile of Israel Museum Ms. 180/51, "one of the most exceptional creations of Italian book decoration" (commentary volume, page 129), a late 15th-century North Italian illuminated Hebrew manuscript containing nearly 40 texts encompassing scripture, hermeneutics, religious law, moralistic works, liturgy, etc. Walther & Wolf, page 468.